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In the region of 1,300 Ukrainian refugees are currently being housed in Mayo, but it is a challenging process, according to Director of Services for Mayo County Council, Tom Gilligan.

Westmeath County Council established the Community Response Forum to bring services and agencies together to respond to the crisis in a co-ordinated fashion with membership of the forum includes all the relevant service providers in the county, representatives of voluntary groups and a member of the Ukrainian community.

Bridge Mills Galway Language Centre, a Department of Education recognised training Institute, now in its 35th year of business is a quality school with Cambridge Exams Centre recognition, EAQUALS, Quality English, ACELS/QQI and FETAC accreditation.

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar TD has launched a new service with education and employment supports for refugees, those seeking asylum and migrants, and for employers building inclusive cultures.

A top official in Mayo County Council has asked for owners of holiday homes and vacant homes to come forward to offer their properties to home Ukrainian refugees who are coming to the county.

Cllr Niall Mc Nelis has called on the Government to update its Housing for All strategy to take into account the needs of Ukrainian refugees arriving in Ireland.

Galway must do “everything it can” to make refugees from Ukraine welcome in Ireland, while the State needs to ensure they are properly supported with access to vital measures such as good-quality accommodation.

Suzanne Moloney was victorious when Visa announced the winners of its inaugural She’s Next Grant Programme in Ireland. As an extension of Visa’s global She’s Next Grant Programme, created to boost and empower women entrepreneurship, five women business-owners from across Ireland receive a grant of €5,000 and one-year business coaching through IFundWomen to support, grow and expand their businesses.

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Although assisted emigration was frowned upon by some bishops and by the Land League leaders Michael Davitt and Charles S Parnell, there were some assisted schemes that were carefully planned, and in many cases worked well. The schemes that worked best were those which helped Irish families to avoid settlement in the great eastern cities of America where large numbers were caught in huge, stinking slums where it could take a generation or two to escape from.